State v. Bristol Hotel Asset Co.

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice JEFFERSON join.

The issue in this case is whether an executed return of service filed with the special commissioners in administrative condemnation proceedings is evidence that notice of the hearing before the special commissioners was properly served. We conclude that, like a return of service of a citation or a certificate of service in judicial proceedings, a return of service of notice in administrative condemnation proceedings that satisfies the statutory requirements is prima facie evidence of the…